From the TEA Party to the Democratic Party

socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com ^ | June 3, 2025 | Joe Walsh

[lowbridge]

Three words I never thought I’d ever utter: I’m a Democrat. This former Republican Congressman, former Republican candidate for President, this former TEA Party champion is formally joining the Democratic Party. The stakes are simply too high to NOT become a Democrat. Let me explain why.

Let’s start with the obvious—a tyrant sits in the White House. The very thing our Founders feared most is here. Throw in the fact that one of our two major political parties is a real and direct threat to democracy and the rule of law. These are unprecedented, dangerous times in America. I know it. You know it. There are even Republicans who know it.

Anyone who cares about the Constitution cannot sit by and watch as fundamental American values—the rule of law, democracy, pluralism—are attacked. Daily. To defeat my former party and defend democracy, we must do something different. We must assemble a broad coalition of moderates, progressives, and, yes, even conservatives.

We’ve never been here before. Of course we’ve always fought about and debated policy—how best to pay for healthcare, whether taxes should be raised or cut, and how best to deal with immigration. But we’ve never before fought about actually remaining a democracy or abiding by the Constitution and the rule of law. Now we are.

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Without freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, America ceases to be. And currently, only the Democratic Party is on the side of all three of these core American values. There isn’t a third party coming to the rescue any time soon. Right now, the Democratic Party is democracy’s lone defender and best hope.

[rhinohunter]

OK — Is it me or does Walsh look like Epstein’s (who didn’t kill himself no matter what Dan Bongino says) twin?

[Ronald77]

When an a..hole speaks he says it all with sh...

[Lockbox]

Let me correct him. He was never a conservative, he was never a republican, he obviously did not believe in the Tea Party. So sir you lied the whole time. You really want large, uncontrolled, not responsible government. Take all the money in the form of fees, taxes, penalties and then let unelected bureaucrats dole out the money as they see fit, with no responsibilities nor accountability. Sir that is not the definition of democracy! Thanks for exposing yourself!

[Pikachu_Dad]

Joe Walsh ?

That would be the democrat party Joe, not the Republican party !
“Throw in the fact that one of our two major political parties is a real and direct threat to democracy and the rule of law.”

Where has his head been the past four years under the toxic democrat rule!
“American values - the rule of law, democracy, pluralism attacked daily”

LOL. And he became a democrat? These are all things the democrat party despises:
- He claims to be a ‘border hawk’
- He claims to be a ‘gun rights advocate’
- He claims to be a ‘defender of free speech’

Ah, he opened his eyes and has a ‘greater understanding of and appreciation for LGBTQ issues’
- ie He is one.

[CIB-173RDABN]

He is jumping from the life boat and swimming back to the sinking ship. Hope he makes it.

[silent majority rising]

More crap. Thanks for bringing us more.

[RainMan]

Gonna guess he is one of the ones who’s wife runs a government funded NGO and liked visiting Epstein’s Island. The night of long knives is coming and he knows it. This is his only hope to stop it. It also tells me he was Tea Party in name only.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I have absolutely no idea who this guy is.

But he does peg my gaydar.

[VTenigma]

Dumbass

[Raycpa]

Follow the money.

[CFW]

Sounds as if Walsh’s article is part of the plan to promote fake Christianity as a pillar of the left’s platform.

“Democratic Party Plans Christian Voter Outreach - But Its Views ‘Clash with Biblical Truth’: Expert”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4320806/posts

From the article linked:

“Martin previewed that, as in years past, the Democrats’ faith outreach will center almost exclusively around one verse of the Bible: Matthew 25:40, which reads, “And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’”

“I think that our party has always stood up for those who are the least amongst us, who have the least … I think that a lot of churches also believe that, right?” Martin told the newspaper. “We need to create social safety nets so people and communities aren’t falling through the cracks.””

[spintreebob]

Joe Walsh has a long history of head scratching actions.
He ran against Tammmy Duckworth and attacked her for being a Veteran who fought in combat.

He totally ignored the #1 issue in the District. The Democrat County board had raised real estate taxes big time for DEI. If he had run on that issue, he would have won.

I went door to door in support of him. As several voters told me. We are not against him because he is a Republican, or Tea Party. We are against him because he is stupid.

[mund1011]

Joe Walsh has a long history of head scratching actions.

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I don’t recall the sequence of events that made him break bad on PDJT. At the start of 45’s first term I thought he was pro-Trump. In 2019 he was running against Trump for 2020 nomination. His AM560 radio audience was and still is pro-Trump. Anybody remember what triggered this clown? He had a pretty decent audience in Chicago so I’m not sure why he went Hari-Kari and decided he was the guy to take on Trump. What an ass.
Shaun Thompson took is AM560 radio gig and is 10X better.

[fuzzylogic]

You’d have to be a ‘fool of all fools’ to go from TEA Party to a D.

More likely, just a RINO at best and is stupid enough to think anyone else would be so foolish.

[cowboyusa]

Fag

[Col Freeper]

[“I’ve opened my eyes and listened to people who don’t think like me. And by doing so, I gained a greater understanding of and appreciation for LGBTQ issues, structural racism, the need for empathetic immigration reform, the dangers of climate change, and the role government must play to help care for the neediest and most vulnerable among us.”]

Walsh now has a whole new view of things:

[griswold3]

Joe Walsh is either delusional or paid off The Democrats Party is nothing close to “democratic”.

[fr_freak]

In other words, he has bought into the Left wing propaganda, hook, line, and sinker. Because the issues he champions above were and are all being used to destroy the Constitutional order and the country.

The leftist propaganda is relentless, and the most effective part of it is its insistence that its adherents are better people for being leftists, and that people on the Right are horrible, horrible people. Because the Right usually accepts this framing of the issues, they give the people on their side very little defense against their own desire to be "good" people.

For example, the Left will promote welfare as "compassionate" because they "care about people", and rather than focusing on the destructive nature of welfare that destroys communities, families and makes people miserable, and therefore that the promotion of welfare is the OPPOSITE of compassionate, the Right will take a position of "I don't want to pay for your crap! Screw you! Get A job!" This is a valid position, but for those weak-minded mushy types, it leaves them defenseless against the manipulation of their desire to be "good". They try and try and try to resist the siren song of "compassion", but eventually, after enough times when they've been screamed at for being cold-hearted Nazis and they have no ideological rationale to shield themselves, they crack, and end up running to Big Mommy so they can be told that they are wonderful people.

This, I believe, is one of the main reasons that women, especially single women, gravitate toward the Left. The most bewildering thing is why they would gravitate toward the sexual mutilation of their own children through transexualism, but it makes sense when you realize that they have been convinced that supporting such an abomination is actually the "compassionate" position. The best strategy with such people is to focus on how such a horrific act ruins lives and makes people miserable.

[Zathras]

The first of the millions has been paid out.
Next will be Crazy Liz

[BlackbirdSST]

What a loon.